Nuclear Tipping
Point
featuring Richard
Halloran, Dr. William Wieninger, and Dr. Patrick Bratton
Wednesday, July
21, 2010, 12 noon
Pacific Club (1451
Queen Street)
$20 members of sponsoring organizations and students; $25
non-members
Please click here to view flyer and registration form.
China Seminar
fearturing Daniel W. Picutta
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 12 noon
Maple Garden Restaurant, 909 Isenberg Street, Honolulu
Topic:
The U.S., China and Asian Regional Security: Challenges and Opportunities
$20 members and UH/EWC students; $25 non-members
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US-China relations of late over a number of issues from the political, through the economic, and to the military have been of concern to a global audience. The China Seminar is fortunate to listen to Mr. Piccuta, who participates in policy-level advice and discourse, elucidate the give-and-take of US-China diplomatic relations.
Mr. Piccuta is the Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii. Previously, he served as Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China from May 2007 to July 2009. Mr. Piccuta has served on the Foreign Service Board of Examiners of the State Department, was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg, served as Deputy Executive Director of the Executive Secretariat and held executive management positions at the U.S. Embassies in Belgrade and Beijing and at the Consulate General in Milan, Beijing and Guangzhou. Prior to foreign service, he was in private law practice in Los Angeles and was Vice President and Assistant Counsel at Standard Chartered Bank’s California subsidiary, Union Bank. A member of the California Bar, he received his JD from USC. He completed further studies in Chinese language and law at East China College of Law in Shanghai, and at Fu Jen and Soochow Universities in Taiwan. His foreign languages are Chinese, Italian, French, Spanish, and Serbian.
